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For Fallout 3 fans, a Glowing One.

Last day of my week off, so I spent it finishing this figure off. I had started painting him Friday but got distracted building the [url=http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod/blog/uncle_phil/airfix_land_rover][b]Land Rover[/b][/url].

I recently noticed that Airfix make a kit with a pair of 1/48th scale Land Rover 110s. A "Snatch" and a "WMIK". Despite the difference in scales in practice 1/48th vehicles can look quite reasonable alongside 28mm figures.

The kit arrived yesterday morning so I spent part of the day building the WMIK and undercoating it. Today I painted it.

Years (decades?) ago I came across Warhammer 3rd Edition rules. Many novel and sometimes eccentric ideas inspired me to think about the idea of a chariot pulled by centaurs. Later on I brought the necessary bits and for a number of years the project rested half assembled.

Both of today's postings have a post-apocalyptic theme, although not one that is immediately obvious for either.

My recent paint job of a [url=http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod/blog/uncle_phil/big_daddy_and_brother_vinni][b]Big Daddy-style[/b][/url] figure inspired me to attempt to paint something else brazen but worn. A quick rummage through the boxes located my Skaven Screaming Bell.

        I recently came across a sculptor from Slovakia called [url=http://www.brother-vinni.com/index_eng.htm][b]Brother Vinni[/b][/url]. One of the figures that caught my eye was this figure, obviously inspired by the first and second Bio-shock games.

        A friend of mine noted my recent attempts at [url=http://www.cheddarmongers.org/prod/blog/uncle_phil/painting_larger_scales_-_cowboys][b]painting other scales with interest[/b][/url]. A few days later he turned up with a big bag of 1/72nd scale medieval figures by a company called “MiniArt”. Some time ago I got sent Wargames Foundry’s book of medieval rules so for added novelty I decided to mount multiple figures on a single base, as suggested in those rules.

When I posted my version of Cassie Hack based on a Necromunda figure I was asked about a version of her loyal companion, Vlad. Pleased to say I found a suitable figure and also pleased to that it is also from Necromunda.

Some greenstuff, weapon swaps and we have...

        I get to see many very nice model vehicles, many of them in 1/35th scale. While many of these are very detailed it is often the figures that are with them that let them down. It seems some modellers can perfectly weather a vehicle but paint figures that end up looking like lifeless mannequins with thousand yard stares.